Logic creams milk levy criticism
The past fortnight has seen loud criticism of the milk price levy applied by supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths to assist…
Beware of overusing Indigenous business targets
The Indigenous business sector is booming. But recent calls for more targets to boost Aboriginal companies must be treated with…
Australian democracy is alive and kicking
Our two-party system is broken, Australian democracy is in a ‘parlous state’, and the populists are marching on Canberra in…
Indigenous leasing limbo
When picturing Indigenous land rights and economic development you typically conjure images of remote outstations, the challenges of developing infrastructure…
The January 27 hangover
Australians of all political persuasions rubbed their eyes and opened their curtains this week with one hell of a hangover.…
The great Indigenous funding fallacy
Aboriginal people in the ACT are receiving a similar level of government funding to those in Western Australia, despite having…
Another year, another failure to close the gap
A new year typically brings optimism, hope and a sense of progression. However, for the most disadvantaged Indigenous people, 2018…
The Indigenous Procurement Policy makes ticking boxes easy
The federal government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) is regularly touted as ‘supercharging’ the Indigenous business sector. But the flawed way…
How policy prevents Indigenous economic inclusion
You would be forgiven for being stunned by the recent revelations of wide-scale fraud and financial instability in job agencies…
Building Indigenous competitive advantage
The ABC’s recent Alice Springs Q&A highlighted many key features of the Indigenous disadvantage debate — both positive and negative. While issues…
